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Rookie Vickers wins Busch Kroger 200

By Dan Gelston · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:48 p.m.

CLERMONT, Ind. -- For nearly 180 laps, Brian Vickers was pecking at Shane Hmiel's bumper, never gaining enough momentum to take the lead for good. Then Vickers knew he had to make a move. "I realized, hey, it's time to go," he said.

A new president -- a new beginning

By Alyson Brodsy and Joe Grace · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:34 p.m.

IU president Adam Herbert's first day on the job started out with a nice, peaceful stroll through campus with executive assistant to the president Sara McNabb. Well, with her and about 15 others from the media including reporters, TV cameramen and photographers who occasionally would dash up close for a shot.

Harvick wins Brickyard 400

By Mike Harris · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:34 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS - The biggest problem Kevin Harvick had all day at the Brickyard 400 was when his right rear tire blew and the fender flew off while he spun victory doughnuts. The big celebration was well-deserved. Harvick turned a tight race into a runaway Sunday, pulling away in the last 10 laps for the biggest win of his budding NASCAR career.

Pell Grant funding cut nationwide

By Jen Gossman · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:34 p.m.

Beginning in the fall of 2004, many college students across the country will face a bleak reality. If they are among nearly half of all college students who receive financial aid, they might have to dig a bit deeper into their pockets. The Department of Education recently revised their financial aid formula, which will reduce the amount of aid awarded by $270 million.

Student trustee selected

By Alyson Brodsy and Joe Grace · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:34 p.m.

Graduate student Erin Haag has just become one of the most powerful people at IU. Haag, a 25-year-old studying molecular biology and biochemistry at IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis, is the latest addition to the IU board of trustees. Gov. Frank O'Bannon appointed her last week.

Militants agree on deal to end standoff at Arafat compound; talks continue on moving them

By Hadeel Wahdan · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:30 p.m.

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian officials said Sunday they had resolved a dispute over 17 militants held at gunpoint in Yasser Arafat's compound and that the men would not be transferred to the West Bank town of Jericho, as desired by Israel. An Israeli minister had said movement of the men to Palestinian Authority supervision in Jericho could help Israel to decide to lift a siege of Arafat and pull out of the West Bank town of Ramallah, the Palestinians' administrative headquarters Abdel Fattah Hamayel, a Palestinian minister responsible for negotiating with the militants, said "the principal issue" in the dispute had been resolved.

Al Qaeda official gives U.S. warning

By Diana Elias · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:29 p.m.

KUWAIT CITY -- A new audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden's top deputy warns the United States that it will pay dearly if it harms detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The tape, broadcast Sunday, urges Muslims everywhere to avenge the prisoners. The Arab satellite station Al-Arabiya said the tape was from Ayman Al-Zawahri, a top official in bin Laden's al Qaeda terror network.

15-year-old charged as adult

Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:28 p.m.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- A 15-year-old accused in the near-fatal shooting of an elderly man during a home-invasion robbery has been charged as an adult, meaning he could face a maximum prison sentence of 120 years if convicted. LeRoy Warren was charged as an adult in LaPorte Circuit Court with attempted murder, armed robbery and burglary. On Friday, Judge Robert Gilmore authorized the filing of adult charges. The decision overturned a June 27

USI professor barred from seeing burned wife

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:28 p.m.

EVANSVILLE -- A judge ordered a University of Southern Indiana professor charged with attempting to kill his wife not to have any contact with her for two years. Vanderburgh County Judge J. Douglas Knight made the ruling Thursday after hearing testimony Tuesday that Ramadan Hemaida had tampered with his wife's ventilator and had displayed aggressive behavior inside her hospital rooms.

Prof. knows how to get her cheer on

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:28 p.m.

LAFAYETTE -- Shorna Broussard is an assistant professor at Purdue University. She also is a rookie cheerleader with the Indianapolis Colts. "Being from Texas, you grow up loving football," she said with a laugh. "It is part of the culture." Last spring, Broussard began the audition process with almost 300 other women. She survived several cuts to earn one of the 35 roster spots.

City parking fines to rise

By Benjames Derrick · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:28 p.m.

Parking fines will be increasing in price around Bloomington to help pay for more parking. Last Wednesday, the Bloomington city council decided to raise the price of common parking tickets, a decision that will become official this Wednesday. "We decided to raise the ticket prices and next Wednesday, we will officially sanction it at our council meeting," councilman Anthony Pizzo said.

Rash of indecent exposures occur on IU campus

By Alyson Brodsy and Brandon Morley · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:27 p.m.

Several episodes of indecent exposure incidents have afflicted the IU campus lately. At least six people have made reports to the IU Police Department since late June of having been the victim of a "flasher." IUPD Detective Greg McClure said he believes four of the six incidents were committed by the same man.

Hussein kept weapons removal quiet, aide says

By Slobodan Lekic · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:25 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A close aide to Saddam Hussein says the Iraqi dictator did in fact get rid of his weapons of mass destruction, but deliberately kept the world guessing about it in an effort to divide the international community and stave off a U.S. invasion. The strategy, which turned out to be a serious miscalculation, was designed to make the Iraqi dictator look strong in the eyes of the Arab world, while countries such as France and Russia were wary of joining an American-led attack. At the same time, Saddam retained the technical know-how and brain power to restart the programs at any time.

Indiana native plays Manhattan

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 9:23 p.m.

GREENSBURG, Ind. -- Growing up in southeastern Indiana and idolizing the heavy metal hair bands of the '80s, Galen Scott Bower never suspected he would one day be singing before the world's foremost conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Although not a boyhood dream, it will be coming true nevertheless for the Verdi baritone this December -- again.

A fisher of men

By Alyson Brodsy and Joe Grace · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 8:59 p.m.

God must be beaming. I know I am. And not just because someone technically is offering me money for sitting in a pew. A black Baptist minister wanting to diversify his congregation is offering to pay white folk to attend his services. The going price for a honky is $5 an hour on Sundays and $10 an hour on Thursdays. I've never been paid $10 an hour for anything in my life, much less for attending a predominantly black church.

High fences make good neighbors

By Alyson Brodsy and Hank Grimes · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 8:57 p.m.

Last Monday, USA Today and CNN released the results of a recent Gallup Poll in which 1,006 adults were asked the following: "Do you think homosexual relations between consenting adults should or should not be legal?" "Do you feel that homosexuality should be considered an acceptable alternative lifestyle or not?"

A mammoth mistake

By Paige Gray · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 8:54 p.m.

Scientific cloning is always a hotbed of debate. There seems to be some new reason to clone something or someone all the time, but now there seems the possibility of cloning the dead. Sounds like a horror movie, but scientists in Japan hope to recreate a wooly mammoth from bone marrow, muscle and skin that was discovered in the Siberian tundra, The Associated Press reported earlier last month.

Sharing responsibility

Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 8:47 p.m.

Imbalances in state budgets have forced tuition hikes, which, coupled with cutbacks in financial aid, result in a greater financial burden for students, many of whom rely on college aid to finance their education. The lagging American economy not withstanding, educational cutbacks are the worst thing the government can do as far as long-term planning for the country's future.

Around The Arts

Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 8:44 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Giorgio Armani has a new muse: Barbie. Armani has created a strapless, silk chiffon top and crepe skirt embellished with dark beads and covered with sparkle tulle for the 11 1/2-inch doll. Both pieces are taupe. An evening purse, also in taupe crepe and dripping with beads, a matching necklace and earrings complete the outfit.

Israeli pianist Barenboim plays West Bank

By Alyson Brodsy and Lara Sukhtian · Sunday, Aug. 3,2003 8:42 p.m.

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli musician Daniel Barenboim received a rapturous reception when he brought a program of Beethoven and Brahms -- and a message of Israel-Palestinian reconciliation -- to this West Bank town Saturday.